Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Li Tianxia's two rocket artillery battalions, equipped with 180 Katyusha self-propelled rocket launchers, quickly deployed their formations, with the rocket artillery barrels pointing uniformly at the positions ahead.

With an order, countless rockets soared into the sky like fire dragons, cutting through the sky with a piercing whistle and slamming heavily into the position of the former 14th Regiment.

In an instant, flames shot up into the sky and thick smoke billowed over the battlefield, as if it was a doomsday scene. Faced with such fierce artillery fire, the Japanese had no power to fight back and could only watch the Shigeto Detachment vaporize in the rocket explosion.

Looking at the battlefield in front of him engulfed in flames, Li Tianxia's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a cold smile.

Although he knew that the Japanese had suffered heavy losses in this attack, he did not take it lightly. He turned to Jianxing and gave an order: "Set up observation posts along the way and closely monitor the enemy's movements. The rest of you follow me and retreat 20 miles!"

After receiving the order, the entire formation began to retreat in an orderly manner. There were more than 10,000 people, and the formation was endless.

One brigade plus two regiments, with a total of more than 5 people, were divided into several formations. They took advantage of the fact that the Japanese were caught off guard by the heavy artillery battalion and the rocket battalion, and evacuated to the rear in batches.

At the same time, on the other side of the position, Imamura Jun looked gloomily at the ruins that had been flattened several meters by artillery fire, his heart filled with anger and helplessness.

The Shigeto Detachment suffered heavy losses in the rocket launcher attack, not only suffering heavy casualties, but even the detachment commander Shigeto Chiaki was killed in the attack.

Just as Imamura Hitoshi was feeling heavy-hearted, Sasaki hurried to his side and reported in a low voice: "Your Excellency the Division Commander, the 11th Infantry Regiment and the 42nd Infantry Regiment are ready to pursue, please give instructions!"

Upon hearing this, Imamura Jun immediately said to Sasaki: "Order them to quickly enter the pursuit sequence and make sure to kill the Dragon Country troops on the opposite side!"

"Hai!"

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Outside Longkou, Chen Hai had already launched an attack with the Sixth Independent Regiment.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were constantly deploying defenses at the gap, Chen Hai patted the telescope and said to Qi Yu beside him: "Old Qi, the number of Japanese soldiers on the opposite side is not right. We have been fighting for a whole day, and the number of Japanese soldiers pouring out of the gap has completely exceeded the carrying capacity of Longkou."

Qi Yu stared at the Japanese soldiers who kept pouring out of the gap with a grim look on his face. The Japanese base camp had gone crazy. The Japanese soldiers were constantly sending reinforcements to Longkou on troop transport ships converted from merchant ships.

The 33rd and 36th Regiments had already blasted several large holes outside Longkou. Chen Hai looked at the Japanese soldiers who were constantly filling the gap and asked Qi Yu, "Old Qi, look at that hole. Can our tanks get in?"

Qi Yu observed and calculated the size of the gap, and replied to Chen Hai: "This gap is big enough for our tanks to enter Longkou, but now the outside of Longkou is a muddy land, I'm afraid."

Hearing Qi Yu's slightly hesitant tone, Chen Hai knew that Qi Yu's concerns were justified, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

Watching the heavy artillery bombardment without stopping, the crumbling walls of Longkou collapsed one after another. Although it was a good time for the tank battalion to attack, the muddy ground after the snow melted became a natural warning line for Longkou.

Chen Hai walked to the command post angrily, cursing, "Damn it, I knew that the enemy's soldiers were filling in the gaps, but I just couldn't get in."

After Qi Yu returned to the command post, he began to call the headquarters.

"Boss Bai, this is the 6th Independent Regiment, I'm Qi Yu."

"What's going on?" Bo Guangbai's puzzled voice came from the radio.

"Boss Bai, our regiment has broken through the outer wall of Longkou, but there are Japanese warships on the coast. We are afraid that if we force our way into the city, we will suffer heavy losses." Qi Yu said with some concern.

Bo Guangbai ordered: "I will order the transport company to support you. Remember, don't stop the heavy artillery bombardment."

"Yes!"

After putting down the headphones, Qi Yu turned to Chen Hai who was eagerly waiting and said, "Captain, the division headquarters asked us to use heavy artillery to bombard the outer wall of Longkou, giving the Japanese a false impression of attacking the city and consuming the soldiers filling the line in Longkou City."

Chen Hai heard this, looked at the Japanese navy swimming along the coast of Longkou, put down the telescope, and said to Qi Yu: "It seems that the division headquarters does not want us to take over this city. I understand. You go and make the arrangements. I will go to the company to deal with the integration of the soldiers of the 6th and 13th Regiments."

"Okay, I'll go arrange the heavy artillery right away." Qi Yu also agreed.

At the Sixth Regiment's artillery position, Qi Yu assigned all the artillery shells carried by the regiment to the heavy artillery company. After binding all the parameters, the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery company made a thunderous sound, and flames and thick smoke were ejected from the muzzle. Every bombardment was like a giant's hammer hitting the city wall, and the earth trembled.

Shells rained down, and the shock waves from the explosions raised clouds of dust that covered the sky and blocked out the sun. The city walls were shaky under such a fierce attack, with bricks and stones flying everywhere, as if they would collapse in the next second.

The Japanese line-filling soldiers kept rushing towards the city wall under the command of the sergeant, their figures looming in the thick smoke. However, parts of the city wall kept collapsing, burying these elks worth only nine cents. Their shouts and screams were drowned out by the sound of artillery fire.

The roar of heavy artillery was like a symphony from hell, playing the melody of death and destruction. The air was filled with smoke and the smell of gunpowder, making people suffocate.

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Outside Laizhou City, Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at the unbreakable position in front of him and was speechless.

The 34th Division was considered an elite division of the Japanese, but under the alternating attacks of the th Regiment and the th Independent Regiment, it was like hitting a wall of sighs, unable to advance an inch.

However, what Yoshio Iwamatsu could not have imagined was that a battle of annihilation was being fought just a dozen kilometers behind the 15th Division.

During the process of infiltration, the three independent regiments of the 4th Division were discovered by the Japanese sentries. The three regiment commanders made a prompt decision and decided that one regiment would launch the main attack and two regiments would attack as reinforcements.

At the Eighth Independent Regiment's position, Ling Bo Piaomiao put down the telescope in his hand and said, "Lao Long, how much did the soldiers lose this time?"

Political Commissar Long chuckled and handed the report in his hand to Ling Bo Piaomiao. He looked down and said in amazement, "We drew a circle around the battlefield, and the 9th and 12th Regiments blocked the two exits. We let the 8th Regiment hunt these devils. I didn't expect our soldiers to be so strong. In just a few days, they have defeated the devils' three attacks."

Political Commissar Long said with a smile: "When I went to the First Battalion before, I happened to see the First Battalion Commander and his guard platoon charging under our artillery fire. Old Lu, did you do the same when you were in Sanjin?"

Ling Bo Piaomiao shook his head and whispered, "When we were in Shanxi, we had almost all the advantages. Before the battle, the planes bombed first, then the heavy artillery clusters, and finally the officer divisions were the spearheads to break through the enemy's defenses. We were almost invincible."

Political Commissar Long nodded and said with some regret: "If our column commander hadn't called you back, we would have had a much harder time fighting."